Metaphysical poets
The metaphysical poets are a group of English poets known for long difficult metaphors. John Donne is perhaps the most famous. Although their work was not popular in some periods, thanks to writers like T. S. Eliot their value to English literature seems mostly recognised these days.
Metaphysical Poets Media
- Abraham Cowley by Sir Peter Lely.jpg
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry
- Vaughan Silex Scintillans.jpg
The title page of Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, 1650
